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Week 4 - Futures F3 ($15K) - Kaarst, Germany - carpet
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Bloomers is a DA here ... and 'notso' (haven't seen him for a while) is 43rd Alt for qualifying - sadly that probably means he won't get in!
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steven
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Week 4 - Challenger ($35k+H) - Bucaramanga – Colombia
(Preview)
The 2 J's (Murray/Marray) will be looking to continue winning ways here.
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Smidster
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Week 4 -Challenger-Heilbronn (€85K+H)
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1 2
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(Preview)
Boggo has been drawn against Frenchman Thierry Ascione WR 152 in the first round. Ascione is unseeded and the winner could face 8th seed Dologpolov Jr. in the next round. This year Ascione has lost to Bubka (wr 264 at the time) and Segreyev (wr 209) in straight sets in ATP qualifying In Australia he beat...
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The Magician Santoro
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A more 'open' US Open
(Preview)
This sounds like a cool idea - the USTA are running sixteen (up to) 256-player pre-pre-qualifying events for the USO in an attempt to make it seem completely 'Open' - the ultimate prize for one of the c. 4000 entrants will be a wild card into qualifying for the US Open itself. http://www.usopen.org/US...
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steven
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Week 4 - Futures F1 ($10K+H) - Bagnoles de l'Orne, France - clay
(Preview)
Slabba seems to have decided to play on clay this week ... he's just scraped in as a DA here. The entry list also includes the mysterious "IPIN PLAYER 1, Test Case GBR" as the last qualifying alternate -- Edited by steven on Friday 22nd of January 2010 09:53:48 PM
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steven
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Week 4 - Futures F1 ($15K) - Casablanca, Morocco - clay
(Preview)
QR1: James Allemby UNR v Marco Sanges (ITA) UNR - winner to play (q3) Mehdi Ziadi (MAR) WR 645
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steven
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Weeks 3/4 - Australian Open - Mixed doubles
(Preview)
Liezel Huber must have a fondness for playing with British partners in the mixed: Ross Hutchins has now stepped into Jamie M's shoes! They face Chia-Jung Chuang & Filip Polasek (TPE/SVK) in the first round. A winnable match, I'd have thought...
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Stircrazy
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Week 3 - Futures F2 ($10K) - Hollywood, FL, USA - clay
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
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(Preview)
Another massive qualifying draw here including 7 Brits (Milton did not make main draw this time). http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/579/qs.pdfSmethurst,
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seagull
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Weeks 3-4: Australian Open Men's Doubles
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1 2 3 4 5
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(Preview)
After their fine run in Sydney Ross Hutchins and Jordan Kerr have drawn the short straw of familiar bogey Polish opponents in Melbourne. Ross (with Stephen Huss) lost to the same combination in last year's event. Flemski make their debut with a better draw, though their opponents reached the fin...
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DavidC
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Week 3 - Futures F2 (15K) - Sheffield, Great Britain
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1 2 3 4 5 … 6
)
(Preview)
Goodall, Baker and Bloomfield are DA's while Eaton and Rice must have snuck allowing O'Leary and Jones to appear as wild cards as well as Slabinsky and Inglot. Once again no Willis and this time no Illingworth, but Jamie Delgado makes an appearance in the qualifying draw - http://www.atpworldtour....
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wolf
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Week 2 - Futures F1 ($15K) - Glasgow, GBR - indoor hard
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1 2 3 4 5 … 10
)
(Preview)
Brits down to take part MD DAs: Jamie Baker (likely to be seeded), Richard Bloomfield, Chris Eaton, David Rice MD WCs: James Marsalek, Dominic Inglot, Andrew Fitzpatrick (reward for winning the British Tour Masters last month), George Morgan QD DAs: James Feaver, Max Jones (though he retired from...
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steven
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Week 2 - Challenger ($35,000+H) - Salinas, Ecuador
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1 2
)
(Preview)
Tricky first round for the 2nd seeds Murray/Marray as they face Pierre-Ludovic Duclos & Andreas Siljestrom (CAN/SWE).
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wolf
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Week 3 - Futures F2 (10k) - Mallorca, Spain
(Preview)
QR1: (q16) Ya-Nan Ma (CHN) WR 1178 beat James Allemby UNR 6-3 6-1 QR1: Philip Barlow WR 1304 beat Pablo Lijo Santos (ESP) UNR 6-2 6-2 QR2: Philip Barlow WR 1304 v (q2) Erling Tveit (NOR) WR 692
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wolf
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Week 2 - Futures F1 ($10K) - Plantation, FL, USA - clay
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1 2 3 4
)
(Preview)
The first Future of 2010 has a massive 128 player qualifying draw running for four days from Friday to Monday. The main draw starts on Tuesday and four of our biggest risers in the rankings last year (Dan Smethurst, Morgan Phillips, Dan Cox and Josh Milton) should all be in it. Half a dozen more Brits wil...
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steven
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Week 2 - ATP 250 Series - Sydney, Australia
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1 2 3 4
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(Preview)
Hutch & Kerr look to get their first win of the season on the board here and they face Booty & Ram in the first round.
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wolf
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Week 2 - Australian Open men's qualifying
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1 2 3 4 5 … 17
)
(Preview)
Wardy and Evo have both drawn WCs in QR1, while Boggo must have the lowest-ranked DA left - can't ask for much more than that, though of course it gets tougher after that! QR1: Dan Evans WR 266 v (WC) Sean Berman (AUS) WR 1352 - 6th on C6, c. 06.30 GMT (probably a fair bit later if any of the previous five m...
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steven
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Week 2- ATP 250- Heineken Open, Auckland
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1 2 3 4 5 … 21
)
(Preview)
Daniel Evans has popped up in qualifying here and is 5th seed in a relatively poor qualifying field. Evans has a bye in the first round and in the 2nd round plays 20 year old, Marcus Daniell (wr 766)from New Zealand. Should realistically pick up 6 points from this In the final qualifying round he will pla...
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The Magician Santoro
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Week 2 - Futures F1 ($10K) - Ciutadella (Menorca), Spain - clay
(Preview)
QR1: Oliver Webb UNR lost to Joaquin Perez Cases (ESP) UNR by & 2 QR1: James Allemby UNR lost to Laureano Agullo Juan (ESP) UNR by 6-2 6-7(1) 6-2 QR2: Paul Brown UNR lost to (q2) Rafael Mazon-Hernandez (ESP) WR 1090 by 2 & 3 QR2: (q6) Philip Barlow WR 1303 beat Marcos Sernandez Fondelius (ESP)...
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steven
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Week 1- ATP 250- Aircell Chennai Open
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1 2 3 4 5 … 14
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(Preview)
Only entrant is James Ward James Ward v. Karan Rastogi WC Rastogi is ranked 1050 in the world and only has 6 ranking points Winner will likely play 4th seed Marsel Ilhan 8th seed Ito is also in Ward's quarter
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The Magician Santoro
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Week 1- Challenger- Sao Paulo, Brazil ($125K+H)
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1 2 3
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(Preview)
Q1 : Alex SLABINSKY WR 659 vs Ricardo SIGGIA ( BRA ) WR 629 Q1 : Jonathan MARRAY WR 729 vs Joao WIESINGER ( BRA ) WR 1220 Q1 should be taking place today, haven't seen any results yet. Jonny should be teaming up with Jamie M in the doubles here. -- Edited by indiana on Saturday 2nd of Janua...
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indiana
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Morgan Phillips "interview"
(Preview)
This article appeared in the Daily Mail on Boxing Day (too old for LTA funding at 25!). Was at my mother's for the Ch...
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Stircrazy
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1610
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Qatar Exon Mobil Open Doha
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1 2 3 4 5 … 7
)
(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/451/qs.pdf
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seagull
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2009 Forum Awards
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1 2 3
)
(Preview)
Its that time of year again where we reflect on the memories and achievements of the past 12 months, and following the success of 2 year's Forum Awards, here is your chance to get your voice in recognising the many members who visit this board. This year's categories are: 1. Funniest Poster of the Year...
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Week 1 - ATP 250 - Brisbane International (Doubles)
(Preview)
http://www.atpworldtour.com/posting/2010/339/mdd.pdf
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seagull
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Week 52 - Futures F34 ($15K+H) - São Paulo, Brazil
(Preview)
After celebrating Christmas Brazilian-style, I assume, Slabba is our lone representative in ITF/Futures events again this week. L32: Alex Slabinsky WR 662 v Qualifier Winner likely to play (6) Rogelio Dutra da Silva (BRA) WR 319. Btw, if you're wondering what happened to Brazil F33, it was due to b...
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